Insights
Analysis from the matchday front line.
How piracy actually operates, why so much of the industry response fails, and what working enforcement looks like. Written by the team that runs it every week.
The guide
Live sports piracy: a working guide for rights holders
What actually happens to a match in the minutes after kick-off, why so much of the industry response fails, and what working enforcement looks like.
18 August 2026 · 9 min read
Piracy is a chain, not a list of sites
The industry measures enforcement in sites and domains. The operators measure it in players and stream servers. A rare hosting collapse this September showed which side has it right.
22 September 2026 · 7 min read
The fallacy of compliance rates
When a vendor quotes a perfect compliance rate, you have not learned about your protection. You have learned how they count.
24 August 2026 · 6 min read
What makes piracy evidence court-grade
A takedown that cannot be proved did not, for legal purposes, happen.
9 June 2026 · 5 min read
Why most takedown notices fail
The industry sends notices at enormous scale. The streams stay up. The failure is not in the sending.
14 April 2026 · 6 min read
What is CDN leeching?
The pirate who does not copy your stream, but serves it.
10 March 2026 · 4 min read
IPTV piracy, explained
Not a stream. A business, with suppliers, resellers and a support desk.
20 January 2026 · 5 min read
Where live sports piracy actually happens
Two thirds of it runs on dedicated infrastructure. The part everyone talks about is six percent.
6 January 2026 · 5 min read
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